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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
Indian Independence Day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/25/1906 | Dara Nusserwanji Marshall, librarian and educationist, was born. |
| 6/15/1991 | About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections. |
| 8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
| 12/7/1979 | First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay. |
| 1/10/1818 | The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company. |
| 12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
| 9/20/1932 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables. |
| 12/16/1980 | Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away. |
| 12/16/1980 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. |
| 9/28/1996 | Sukh Ram sent to Tihar jail in assets case. |
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